West Dunbartonshire's new Labour leader warns of "tough decisions" ahead of next budget

West Dunbartonshire Council’s leader has accused the Scottish Government of cuts to local authority budgets “that would make Margaret Thatcher blush.”

Cyndi Lauper has shared a rerecorded version of her 1993 abortion rights anthem ‘Sally’s Pigeons’ in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.In a series of tweets that accompanied the new, more stripped-back and plaintive version of ‘Sally’s Pigeons’ on June 25, Lauper wrote, “In my childhood, women didn’t have reproductive freedom and 50 years later we find ourselves in a time warp where one’s freedom to control their own body has been stripped away.”She continued, “When I wrote this song with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1991, we wrote about two little girls who dreamt of stretching their wings like the pigeons they watched that flew above them.“They dreamt of being free.

Trafford Council leader Andrew Western has been selected as Labour's candidate for the Stretford and Urmston, triumphing over two female candidates. The 37-year-old announced his selection on Twitter today.

West Dunbartonshire’s new Labour council administration have launched a £5m plan aimed at helping residents with the soaring cost of living.

The long battle over the creation of an all weather pitch in Girvan's Victory Park could be fought to a conclusion this week.

The number of people in West Dunbartonshire having their benefits sanctioned has doubled since before the pandemic.

Kanye West has called out Adidas over their recently-released Adilette 22 slide sandals, saying the shoe is “a fake Yeezy made by adidas themselves”.In a now-deleted Instagram post, the rapper shared an image of the slides – which sold out promptly following their release in May – alongside a message addressed to Adidas CEO Kasper Rørsted.“I’m not standing for this blatant copying no more,” West wrote. “This is for everyone who wants to express themselves but feel they can’t cause they’ll [lose] their contract or be called crazy.”West goes on to say that the shoes “represent the disrespect that people in power have to the talent” before describing them as “a fake Yeezy”.

The is launching a brand new chart to reflect a shift in the classical music sector, and consumers’ growing enthusiasm for buying classical music track-by-track.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed award-winning filmmaker Amanda Micheli, the day before the world premiere of her latest documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The new trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved graphic novel has arrived along with a release date and the announcement that Mark Hamill has joined the ensemble cast.

Street parties and community events were held over the four-day bank holiday weekend as residents came together to mark the Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee.